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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20080208931 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS AVAILABILITY SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE Embodiments related generally to a method of providing continuous availability subscription service. The method includes retrieving a configuration data of a customer, where the configuration data relates to the hardware and application requirements of the customer. The... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080208617 | Wireless telephone data backup system A system for backing up data on a wireless telephone having a data store containing a user's personal information. A method and application are provided.... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080201366 | CHANGED FILES LIST WITH TIME BUCKETS FOR EFFICIENT STORAGE MANAGEMENT There is provided, in a computer processing system, an apparatus for managing object data. The apparatus includes a changed objects manager for creating and managing a changed objects list that at least identifies the objects that have changed based on time of change. T... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080201390 | HIGH-AVAILABILITY AND DATA PROTECTION OF OLTP DATABASES A method is for use with a primary online transactional processing (OLTP) database, to maintain a secondary storage usable by a backup OLTP database, wherein the primary storage, of the primary OLTP database, includes data files. In accordance with the method, as transa... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080195677 | Techniques for versioning files Techniques are presented for versioning files. Base files are acquired for files on a primary volume. At configurable points in time changes to the files are noted on different volumes, these changes are represented as deltas. The deltas are stored on an archive volume ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195676 | Scanning of backup data for malicious software A backup system may create one or more archived copies of a file system, such as through successive periodic backup operations. When a virus or other malicious software is found on a system, that system's backup data is scanned to determine the last uninfected backup. A... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195576 | Method, and Computer Based-System and Virtual Asset Register A method and computer-based system for retrieving, accessing and storing data otherwise stored in a plurality of IT systems arranged for operating a part of one or more electrical power networks. The method and computer-based system provide integration of otherwise sepa... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080195675 | Method for Pertorming Distributed Backup on Client Workstations in a Computer Network The invention concerns the field of computers and the saving of digital data. The invention concerns a method for saving digital data on a multiple machines connected to a computer network. The invention is characterized in that it does not employ a centralized computer... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080189340 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING A REMOTE DATABASE An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for synchronizing a remote database. A monitor module monitors an update from a database application to a primary table of a primary database. The update is communicated through an application server. The application server... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080189341 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR INITIALIZING A SYNCHRONIZED REMOTE DATABASE An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for initializing a synchronized remote database. A creation module creates a first backup table of a backup database from a schema for a primary table of a primary database. A read module reads each row from the primary tab... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080183774 | CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DATA MIGRATION BETWEEN NAS DEVICES All the data in the source directory of the NAS device 2000 is copied to the destination directory of the NAS device 3000. During this time the NAS device 2000 receives added/modified data to the source directory. After the copy is completed, copyin... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080183775 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND MANAGING QUICK RECOVERY VOLUMES The invention relates to computer readable medium storing program code which when executed on a computer causes the computer to perform a method for creating a quick recovery volume of a primary data set used by a first computer in a backup storage system, which include... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080183776 | DATABASE BACKUP, REFRESH AND CLONING SYSTEM AND METHOD An automated physical database backup, refresh and cloning system and method automatically generates scripts or commands for implementing one or more tasks related to physical database backup and/or database and application refresh or cloning operations between a source... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080183773 | Summarizing file system operations with a file system journal Embodiments include methods, apparatus, and systems for summarizing file system operations with a file system journal. One embodiment includes a method that stores journal operations for files in a journal file system into a hierarchical tree. The method then summarizes... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080183772 | Backup relative to install media In an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus and method for backup relative to install media perform the steps of: if a file on the file system is not part of an installed software package, then adding the file to a backup list; if the file is part of an installed so... | 07/31/2008 |
| 20080177808 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED IMAGING WORKFLOW A method of image management is presented. The method includes selecting one or more objects from an object listing for deletion, where the one or more objects comprise an archived object, an unarchived object, or both. Further, the method includes determining archival ... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080177809 | Storage control device to backup data stored in virtual volume A storage control device uses write management information that manages locations of the occurrence of writing in one or more first storage devices in order to specify one or more locations where writing has occurred, and backs up one or more data elements stored in one... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080177806 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSPARENT BACKUP TO A HIERARCHICAL STORAGE SYSTEM A method and system are disclosed for transparent backup to a hierarchical storage system. A data management application requests a backup operation, communicating the request using the Network Data Management Protocol with a tape server and a data server. The tape serv... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080177807 | BACKING-UP AND RESTORING FILES INCLUDING FILES REFERENCED WITH MULTIPLE FILE NAMES Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for backing-up and restoring files including files referenced with multiple file names. Files to backup are determined. A determination is made from the files to backup files referenced with multiple names. An en... | 07/24/2008 |
| 20080172424 | Database management system for controlling power consumption of storage system When performing access relating to a first type storage device among a plurality of storage devices in the storage system, the database management system specifies a second type storage device that stores a backup of data that are stored in the first type storage device... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080172607 | Selective Undo of Editing Operations Performed on Data Objects An undo process performed on a data object includes selecting a stored prior state of the data object; comparing the stored prior state with the current state of the data object to determine differences between the stored prior state and the current state of the data ob... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080172391 | MULTIPLE FORMAT FILE ARCHIVING IN AN ONLINE SOCIAL COMMUNITY Systems and methods of the present invention allow for archiving files in an online community. An example system includes a Community Website hosted on at least one Hosting Server; a Forum accessible to a plurality of Members via said Community Website, said Forum capab... | 07/17/2008 |
| 20080168111 | MULTI-CLIENT CLUSTER-BASED BACKUP AND RESTORE Backup and restore technology comprising a backup engine, one or more client backup modules coupled to the backup engine via a backup protocol, and a backup database coupled to the backup engine, the backup database including a set of clusters, the set of clusters formi... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080168110 | PRINTER APPARATUS AND PRINTING METHOD FOR PRINTER APPARATUS In a printer apparatus of the invention, a file storage unit stores an archive file including plural files each having a reservation keyword, a processing content designation data holding unit holds plural processing content designation data in which the reservation key... | 07/10/2008 |
| 20080162604 | System and Method For Migrating a Platform, User Data, and Applications From at Least One Server to at Least One Computer A method and a system for migrating an operating system and applications from a server to a computer connected to said server via an information network (13), including a synchronization server (1) connected to a downloading server (5), an inventory... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162605 | Mirroring method, mirroring device, and computer product A data storage device stores therein files as mirror source or mirror destination, and has ownership rights to files stored as mirror source. Having received a number of read/write requests to a file stored as mirror destination from a data processing device, the data s... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162606 | Method and System For Automated Migration of Media Archives A method and system for effectively and rapidly migrating recorded content from one storage-media to a second storage-media. The method and system includes an operator and a robotic handler with multiple processing and analytical tools where the operator loads the stora... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162600 | OPTIMIZING BACKUP AND RECOVERY UTILIZING CHANGE TRACKING Application data associated with an application program located on a storage device is restored utilizing tracked changed blocks of the storage device. The changed blocks of the storage device are tracked as the application program modifies the application data. When a ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162601 | SCAN-FREE ARCHIVING A method is disclosed for archiving data in a storage server using a runtime monitoring system. The method includes providing a plurality of data files and creating access logs according to a specified format, which may include an append only access log, from the plural... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162607 | SWITCH DEVICE, SYSTEM, BACKUP METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Disclosed is a system which includes at least one client, a plural number of file servers, each having a file system, and a switch logically arranged between the client and the plural file servers to provide file access services which virtually render the plural file se... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162602 | DOCUMENT ARCHIVING SYSTEM A system generates a text document from a received document image. Searchable metadata elements may be assigned to all or part of the text document by a user or by a template used to generate the text document. The text document and the associated metadata elements may ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162589 | WEAKLY-CONSISTENT DISTRIBUTED COLLECTION COMPROMISED REPLICA RECOVERY A system is disclosed for recovery from a compromise of a replica in a weakly-consistent distributed collection. The system employs a collection manager for revoking a compromised replica, and one or more archival replicas for storing time-stamped versions. Upon a compr... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162597 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATABASES CONNECTED BY WIRELESS INTERFACE A method for synchronizing a database at a portable electronic device with a backup database including backup data records includes receiving information representative of data records of the database at the portable electronic device, determining if the database at the... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162598 | FILE ARCHIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD A method for archiving a file that has multiple file parts stored on multiple object storage devices of a computer system includes the steps of saving the file parts on one or more archive devices, allowing one or more changes to be made to the file during the saving st... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162599 | OPTIMIZING BACKUP AND RECOVERY UTILIZING CHANGE TRACKING Application data associated with an application program located on a storage device is restored utilizing tracked changed blocks of the storage device. The changed blocks of the storage device are tracked as the application program modifies the application data. When a ... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162608 | SWITCH DEVICE, SYSTEM, BACKUP METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Disclosed is a system which includes at least one client, a plural number of file servers, each having a file system, and a switch logically arranged between the client and the plural file servers to provide file access services which virtually render the plural file se... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080162603 | DOCUMENT ARCHIVING SYSTEM A system generates a text document from a received document image. Metadata elements may be assigned to all or part of the text document by a user or by a template used to generate the text document. The text document and the associated metadata elements may be stored t... | 07/03/2008 |
| 20080154990 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMIC LARGE FILE MARKING An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomic large file marking. A threshold module sets a file size threshold. An identification module identifies each file that exceeds the file size threshold and that is not marked with a limited backup status. A user... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080154988 | HSM CONTROL PROGRAM AND METHOD An HSM control program allows a computer to execute: a metadata management step that manages primary storage location information which is location information of file data of the file on the primary storage unit, secondary storage location information which is location... | 06/26/2008 |
| 20080154989 | DATA BACKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD ASSOCIATED THEREWITH A data backup system may include a data backup appliance, a locator service, and a data backup client in various embodiments. A method of providing a data backup service may include a) locating a data backup device at a first device address, b) backing up one or more st... | 06/26/2008 |
